Prizes

A garland of laurels, a potpourri of praise, bestowed on, by, or to honor members of the Dartmouth community:

President Kemeny received the Priestley Memorial Award from Dickinson College for his "contribution to the welfare of mankind through science." Selected by a committee of distinguished predecessors, among them Edward Teller, Glenn Seaborg, Carl Sagan, and Margaret Mead, Mr. Kemeny presented in conjunction with the ceremony "A Tribute to Albert Einstein," his mentor at Princeton.

Harold D. Moser, associate editor of The Papers of Daniel Webster, won the 1975 Philip M. Hamer Award for "distinction in documentary editing," presented by the Society of American Archivists.

Scientists, professional and apprentice whose research is carried on in the Sherman Fairchild Center for the Physical Sciences, will benefit from a grant of $150,000 from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, to be made in three annual installments toward support of their research, teaching and student projects.

Robert Ditchfield, associate professor of chemistry, and P. Bruce Pipes, assistant professor of physics, were among 91 outstanding young American scientists to receive Sloan Fellowships for Basic Research from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, in recognition of their potential to make creative contributions to scientific knowledge in early stages of their careers.

Gordon J. F. Mac Donald, Henry R. Luce Professor of Environmental Studies and Policy, has been named to a blueribbon panel of scholars, charged by the Ford Foundation, which is funding the study, to "highlight the critical issues" involved in the development of nuclear power and make recommendations for national policy.

Jean Monnet Hon. '61, "architect of the Common Market," became the first winner of the $15,000 Grenville Clark Prize, awarded for his contribution to world peace by the directors of the Grenville Clark Fund at Dartmouth College.

Seniors Robert E. Orton III and EricH. Madison have won Fulbright Scholarships for study in Germany during the 1976-77 academic year.

A member of the Class of 1979, to be named at the end of the spring term, will be the first recipient of a prize to be given annually for the best essay in a freshman seminar, to honor the memory of the late Albert I. Dickerson '3O, for 16 years freshman dean, for almost 42 years an administrative officer of the College.